Chapter 29

September 8, 2019
They say half of life is just showing up.  I think that might be a Woody Allen line.  Showing up certainly seems to be a theme in the book of…

Humility

September 1, 2019
The apostle Paul is on a dangerous mission.  He hustled to get to Jerusalem in time for Pentecost so he could share the gospel with all the Jews who would…

Dozing Off

August 25, 2019
Kind of a strange story?  Could be seen as a silly little story, right? Why did Luke include this? Sometimes when I am reading the Bible, I spend time really…

Jailed!

August 18, 2019
Before reading our scripture lesson for today, let’s set the scene a bit.  We’re all the way back in time to the year 51.  The Christian church is a little…

Coming Together

August 11, 2019
In our scripture lesson today, we meet up with the members of the early Church in the midst of a critical debate:  does a person have to convert to Judaism…

Doing a New Thing

August 4, 2019
In our scripture lesson today, we have two stories intersecting:  the story of Peter and his vision of the blanket of unclean animals, which we talked about in our children’s…

Transformation

July 28, 2019
We continue our study of the book of Acts.  We are now in our 9th week.  We started with Ascension Sunday and the beginning of the book of Acts as…